An unusual bed stored in the Palace of Westminster could see its first royal sleepover on the eve of King Charles III's coronation if a British tradition dating back to medieval times sees a revival. The "State Bed", never used after it was remade after a fire in 1834, is a stone's throw from Big Ben in a dedicated room in parliament's Speaker's quarters where it returned after going missing in the 1960s when a family bought for £100 at an auction. "The plans for the coronation are going ahead at the moment so I don't think it'd be too long before we actually find out whether it'll be used again," says parliamentary historian Mark Collins. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES